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Calendar No. 709 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5312 

[Report No. 118–303] 

To require agencies to create consistent organizational hierarchies, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 13, 2024 

Mr. PETERS introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

DECEMBER 17 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 

Reported by Mr. PETERS, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To require agencies to create consistent organizational 

hierarchies, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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1 ments, Responsibilities, and Tasks Act’’ or the ‘‘ORG 

2 CHART Act’’. 

3 SEC. 2. AGENCY ORGANIZATION HIERARCHIES. 

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’— 

6 (A) has the meaning given the term in sec7 tion 3330f(a) of title 5, United States Code; 

8 and 

9 (B) does not include the Government Ac10 countability Office. 

11 (2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

12 the Director of the Office of Management and Budg13 et. 

14 (b) ORGANIZATION HIERARCHY TRANSPARENCY

15 GUIDANCE.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

17 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director, in 

18 consultation with the Director of the Office of Per19 sonnel Management and the Administrator of Gen20 eral Services, shall issue guidance that requires the 

21 head of each agency to create, maintain, and peri22 odically update an organizational hierarchy for the 

23 agency that includes— 

24 (A) a diagram and list that documents the 

25 hierarchical relationships between offices and 


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1 functions within the agency and each compo2 nent of the agency led by— 

3 (i) an individual occupying a policy 

4 and supporting position (as defined in sec5 tion 3330f(a) of title 5, United States 

6 Code); and 

7 (ii) any other relevant official, as de8 termined by the Director; 

9 (B) the name and title of each official who 

10 leads the agency or a component of the agency; 

11 (C) whether any position to which subpara12 graph (B) applies is vacant; 

13 (D) whether any official described in sub14 paragraph (B) is serving in an acting capacity; 

15 (E) with respect to each official described 

16 in subparagraph (B), a hyperlink to the rel17 evant information for that official on the 

18 website established and maintained under sec19 tion 3330f(b) of title 5, United States Code, if 

20 applicable; and 

21 (F) a unique organizational code that iden22 tifies each listed office and function. 

23 (2) PUBLIC POSTING OF HIERARCHIES.—The 

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1 ant to the guidance issued under paragraph (1) and 

2 the date on which that hierarchy was most recently 

3 verified as accurate— 

4 (A) with respect to an agency required to 

5 submit budget justification materials described 

6 in section 105 of title 31, United States Code, 

7 as a part of those budget justification mate8 rials; and 

9 (B) on the website of the agency. 

10 (3) CONSISTENCY.—To the maximum extent 

11 practicable, publicly available human capital data 

12 produced by each agency shall have the same hier13 archical structure and be consistent with— 

14 (A) the organizational hierarchy of the 

15 agency created pursuant to the guidance issued 

16 under paragraph (1); and 

17 (B) other datasets identified by the Direc18 tor, in consultation with the Director of the Of19 fice of Personnel Management, in the guidance 

20 issued under paragraph (1). 

21 (c) GAO REVIEW AND REPORT.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

23 the issuance of guidance under subsection (b)(1), the 

24 Comptroller General of the United States shall sub25 mit to the Committee on Homeland Security and 


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1 Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com2 mittee on Oversight and Accountability of the House 

3 of Representatives an evaluation of the implementa4 tion of this Act. 

5 (2) CONTENTS.—The report required under 

6 subparagraph (A) shall include an evaluation of— 

7 (A) the quality of the information required 

8 to be posted under this Act and whether the in9 formation is complete, accurate, timely, and re10 liable; 

11 (B) the consistency between datasets de12 scribed in subsection (b)(3)(B) and the organi13 zational hierarchies created by agencies pursu14 ant to the guidance issued under subsection 

15 (b)(1); 

16 (C) any challenges experienced by agencies 

17 in implementing this Act; and 

18 (D) any suggestions or modifications to 

19 this Act or section 3330f of title 5, United 

20 States Code, to enhance the information pro21 vided by agencies pursuant to this Act, includ22 ing best practices for agencies to follow. 

23 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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1 ments, Responsibilities, and Tasks Act’’ or the ‘‘ORG 

2 CHART Act’’. 

3 SEC. 2. AGENCY ORGANIZATION HIERARCHIES. 

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’— 

6 (A) has the meaning given the term in sec7 tion 3330f(a) of title 5, United States Code; and 

8 (B) does not include the Government Ac9 countability Office. 

10 (2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means the 

11 Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 

12 (b) ORGANIZATION HIERARCHY TRANSPARENCY GUID13 ANCE.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 365 days after 

15 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director, in con16 sultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel 

17 Management and the Administrator of General Serv18 ices, shall issue guidance that requires the head of 

19 each agency to create, maintain, and periodically up20 date an organizational hierarchy for the agency that 

21 includes— 

22 (A) a diagram and list that documents the 

23 hierarchical relationships between offices and 

24 functions within the agency and each component 

25 of the agency led by— 


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1 (i) an individual occupying a policy 

2 and supporting position (as defined in sec3 tion 3330f(a) of title 5, United States 

4 Code); and 

5 (ii) any other relevant official, as de6 termined by the Director; 

7 (B) the title of each official who leads the 

8 agency or a component of the agency; 

9 (C) whether any position to which subpara10 graph (B) applies is vacant; 

11 (D) whether any official described in sub12 paragraph (B) is serving in an acting capacity; 

13 (E) with respect to each official described in 

14 subparagraph (B), a hyperlink to the relevant 

15 information for that official on the website estab16 lished and maintained under section 3330f(b) of 

17 title 5, United States Code, if applicable; 

18 (F) a unique organizational code that iden19 tifies each listed office and function; and 

20 (G) the name of each official who leads the 

21 agency or a component of the agency if— 

22 (i) the appointment of the official is 

23 subject to the advice and consent of the Sen24 ate; or 


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1 (ii) the official consents to the inclu2 sion of the name of the official in the orga3 nizational hierarchy. 

4 (2) PUBLIC POSTING OF HIERARCHIES.—The 

5 head of each agency shall include the up-to-date orga6 nizational hierarchy of the agency created pursuant 

7 to the guidance issued under paragraph (1) and the 

8 date on which that hierarchy was most recently 

9 verified as accurate— 

10 (A) with respect to an agency required to 

11 submit budget justification materials described 

12 in section 105 of title 31, United States Code, as 

13 a part of those budget justification materials; 

14 and 

15 (B) on the website of the agency. 

16 (3) CONSISTENCY.—To the maximum extent 

17 practicable, publicly available human capital data 

18 produced by each agency shall have the same hier19 archical structure and be consistent with— 

20 (A) the organizational hierarchy of the 

21 agency created pursuant to the guidance issued 

22 under paragraph (1); and 

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1 fice of Personnel Management, in the guidance 

2 issued under paragraph (1). 

3 (4) SPECIFIC INFORMATION.—In issuing the 

4 guidance required under paragraph (1), the Direc5 tor— 

6 (A) may not require the head of an agency 

7 to include any contact information for an offi8 cial described in subsection (b)(1)(B) in an orga9 nizational hierarchy; and 

10 (B) with respect to the location of an offi11 cial described in subsection (b)(1)(B), may only 

12 require the head of an agency to include in the 

13 organizational hierarchy the city in which the 

14 position of the official is located. 

15 (c) GAO REVIEW AND REPORT.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

17 the issuance of guidance under subsection (b)(1), the 

18 Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 

19 to the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern20 mental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 

21 Oversight and Accountability of the House of Rep22 resentatives an evaluation of the implementation of 

23 this Act. 

24 (2) CONTENTS.—The report required under 

25 paragraph (1) shall include an evaluation of— 


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1 (A) the quality of the information required 

2 to be posted under this Act and whether the in3 formation is complete, accurate, timely, and reli4 able; 

5 (B) the consistency between datasets de6 scribed in subsection (b)(3)(B) and the organiza7 tional hierarchies created by agencies pursuant 

8 to the guidance issued under subsection (b)(1); 

9 (C) any challenges experienced by agencies 

10 in implementing this Act; and 

11 (D) any suggestions or modifications to this 

12 Act or section 3330f of title 5, United States 

13 Code, to enhance the information provided by 

14 agencies pursuant to this Act, including best 

15 practices for agencies to follow. 

16 (d) NO NEW FUNDS.—No additional funds are author17 ized to be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this 

18 Act. 


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Calendar No. 709 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5312 

[Report No. 118–303] 

A BILL 

To require agencies to create consistent 

organizational hierarchies, and for other purposes. 

DECEMBER 17 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 

Reported with an amendment 


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